The uber-competitive nature of the PC industry these days seems to have all but eliminated certain price premiums. In years past, we would always see a certain amount of extra cost attached to 17-inch or larger laptops and also to PCs launched with the year’s newest processors.

As part of the cut-throat competition going on right now between PC manufacturers, system prices have hit all-time lows and have been slowly dropping for years. Even when new models are released with the latest processors — such as the new Intel Haswell chips — PC companies can’t afford the possible sales hit by jacking up prices.

HP’s Envy 17t launched just a couple weeks ago — in step with Haswell — and is a full redesign compared to the prior HP 17-inch laptop, yet is not priced more than previous or other competing models. It features a larger 17.3-inch display, serving up 1600×900 resolution, and the new Core i7-4700MQ quad-core processor.

The previous Envy 17

The base configuration on this model comes well equipped with 8GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, and even a Blu-ray drive. We really like the standard features as well, including an impressive four USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, gigabit ethernet, and media card reader. This machine is also fully customizable with options like an mSATA SSD, 1080p screen upgrade, and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2GB graphics.

All of these goodies are wrapped in a sleek aluminum chassis that is relatively svelte for a 17-inch laptop, coming in at 1.21 inches thin and 6.28 lbs. A nice touch by HP is the standard 2 year warranty, a substantial upgrade over the 1 year that most companies include.

If you want to grab the well-spec’d base model, you can get out the door for just $754.99 with coupon code NB2118. However, if you want to configure it with more goodies you can save up to 30% off the total price. Configure a system over $999 and save 20% via coupon SUMMER20, save 25% with SUMMER25 on orders over $1,199, and get the max 30% savings on $1,399+ totals via code SUMMER30.